2012年1月10日星期二

HOOKED INTO TV

The connected-TV revolution will continue to gather insurgents, with announcements and demos expected from Google TV, Sony, Nintendo and others.

At CES, Roku will be pitching its idea to Internet-enable millions of TVs, including Best Buy's Insignia line, with a version of its streaming-video set-top box that it has boiled down into a stick about the size of a USB flash drive. "We think there's opportunity to expand our streaming platform to smart TVs," Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood said.

The Roku Streaming Stick, to be available in the second half of 2012, plugs into a TV's HDMI port and "makes your TV a fully integrated smart TV," Wood said. Th e stick includes Wi-Fi connectivity, processor and software, and communicates with the TV using the Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) specifi cation.

Roku's first partner for the Streaming Stick is Best Buy, which will offer the device for its Insignia line of televisions. Roku expects to line up other TV manufacturers as well and will sell the Streaming Stick at retail for use with any MHL-compatible set. Wood expects the device to cost $50 to $100.LEDtronics is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of LEDs, dstti2011, lamps,

Roku has sold about 2.5 million set-top boxes through the end of 2011, boosting unit shipments 300% last year, according to Wood. The privately held company, which had about $100 million in sales last year, now wants to expand its footprint beyond standalone devices with the Streaming Stick.

Roku now offers more than 400 channels, including Netflix, HBO Go, Disney, Fox News, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus and a sampler channel from Showtime Networks that launched last week.

But alongside the Internet-to-the-TV storyline,We can produce led light,crystal_4,led lamp according to your requirements. major manufacturers — coming off a dreary year of sales and plummeting retail prices — will also be focused on delivering HDTVs that are mainly bigger, thinner and brighter.

Hoping to dazzle show-goers, LG Electronics plans to show a 55-inch full-HD 1080p organic light-emitting diode TV at CES,A magicshines that floats over the water is revealed. billed as the world's largest OLED display. Samsung Electronics also is expected to debut an OLEDbased set at the show.

With OLED, manufacturers can produce ultra-thin and lightweight panels: LG's 55-inch model is just 4 millimeters (three-sixteenths of an inch) thick and 7.5 kilograms (16.5 pounds). The technology also promises enhanced contrast ratios and color reproduction purported to be 50 times greater than current-generation LED-backlit LCD displays.

The caveat: They're going to be ultra-pricey. The 55- inch OLED HDTVs will carry a list price of about $8,The brightstalll for you network is pleased to anounce its new Certified Partner K.T.000 when they begin shipping in the third quarter of 2012, according to research firm NPD DisplaySearch. That will fall roughly by half by the end of 2013, but even at $4,Our Rechargeable ledlightui will mean you don't need to keep buying batteries for your dive torch.000 the sets will be more than four times as expensive as their LCD cousins, DisplaySearch estimates.

Another company looking to make multiscreen waves at CES is Shodogg. The Valhalla, N.Y.-based startup is pitching a solution to TV makers and content owners that lets smart phones send any Internet-hosted video content to connected-TV devices.

"We're AirPlay for everybody else," said Shodogg CEO Herb Mitschele, referring to a feature of the Apple TV set-top that streams content from iPads and iPhones to television sets.

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